"Young Men
Like This"
Martin Savidge of CNN embedded with the 1st
Marine battalion was talking
with 4 young Marines near his foxhole this morning live on CNN.
He had
been telling the story of how well the Marines had been looking out
for and taking care of him since the war started. He went on to tell
about the many
hardships the marines had endured since the war began and how they
all look
after one another. He turned to the four and said he had cleared
it with their commanders and they could use his video phone to call
home. The 19 year old Marine next to him asked Martin if he
would allow his platoon sergeant to use his call to call his pregnant
wife back home whom he had not been able to talk to in three months. A
stunned Savidge who was visibly moved by the request
shook his head and the young Marine ran off to get the sergeant.
Savidge
recovered after a few seconds and turned back to the three young
Marines
still sitting with him and asked which one of them would like to call
home first, the Marine closest to him responded with out a moments
hesitation
"Sir, if is all the same to you we would like to call the parents
of a buddy
of ours, Lance Cpl Brian Buesing of Cedar Key, Florida who was killed
on
3-23-03 near Nasiriya to see how they are doing". At that
Martin Savidge
totally broke down and was unable to speak. All he could get out
before
signing off was "where do they get young men like this"
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